Impact Wrestling’s monthly live event, Against All Odds, is tonight, just 2 weeks after their last live event and kickstarting the build to the Slammiversary PPV in July. They had to do a quick build for tonight with only 2 weeks of TV and it started at-and carries over from-Under Siege with rematches and in particular a women’s dog collar match. A highlight is the first ever 8-4-1 match: It starts as a regular 8-man tag match, but the winning team immediately faces off in a 4-way against each other and the winner there gets the Impact World Championship shot at Slammiversary against the winner of the Steve Maclin-Alex Shelley main event. If Bully Ray has his way and backs up what he’a said on Impact these last 2 weeks it’ll be him, but he has to earn it first.
Today’s event will be held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, OH and can be watched LIVE on Impact+ (subscription required. $7.99/month or $71.99/year), YouTube (Ultimate Insider subscription required, $4.99/month) and FITE ($9.99, includes unlimited on demand replays). There will also be a FREE pre-show on YouTube and FITE 30 minutes before the event. Due to work schedule conflicts I may not be able to do live results for the pre-show. Including that it will be a standard length PPV with a total runtime of 3 1/2 hours.
Tonight’s current lineup:
Pre-Show:
KiLynn King vs. Nevaeh
Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Dirty Dango for the title
Main Show:
Masha Slamovich vs. Killer Kelly in a Dog Collar Match
Impact World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club vs. The Good Hands for the titles
The Design vs. oVe in an Ohio Street Fight
Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel vs. Chris Sabin for the title
Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian
Trinity & Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans
Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham, Heath & Nick Aldis vs. Moose, Mike Bailey, Rich Swann & PCO in an 8-4-1 match. The winning team faces off immediately in a 4-way for an Impact World Championship match at Slammiversary
Impact World Champion Steve Maclin vs. Alex Shelley for the title
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at or shortly before 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. The pre-show begins at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT.
On a sightly related pre-show note, it has been announced that Impact’s 6/30 and 7/1 events in Australia (Friday & Saturday in the US) will be available LIVE only on FITE. You can pre-order a bundle that includes both events for $24.99 or each event individually for $14.99. Most importantly, given both events are 2 AM PT/5 AM ET starts, you also get unlimited on demand replays.
4:45 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, OH. Your hosts are Thom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt.
Pre-Show:
Match 1: KiLynn King vs. Nevaeh
Result: KiLynn King beat Nevaeh (Note: I did not see this match live and it will not be factored into the overall rating/thoughts)
Match 2: Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry vs. Dirty Dango for the title
Result: Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry beat Dirty Dango to retain the title.
Updates will continue when the main show/PPV portion begins.
Main show:
Mandatory FBI warning with crowd noise. Marking out for the warning!
Motor CIty Machine Guns shown arriving earlier today.
Opening video.
Match 1: Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian
Result: Frankie Kazarian beat Eddie Edwards. Alisha Edwards was ejected late in the match for interference.
Match 2: Impact World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) vs. The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch) for the titles
Result: Impact World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club beat The Good Hands to retain the titles. Austin pinned Hotch after The Fold.
Match 3: Masha Slamovich vs. Killer Kelly in a Dog Collar Match. No DQs, win only by pinfall or submission in the ring
Result: Masha Slamovich beat Killer Kelly
Match 4: Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel vs. Chris Sabin for the title
Result: Chris Sabin beat Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel to become THE NEW IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPION! 9 TIME! 9 TIME! 9 TIME!
Match 5: Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham, Heath & Nick Aldis vs. Moose, Mike Bailey, Rich Swann & PCO in an 8-4-1 match. The winning team faces off immediately in a 4-way for an Impact World Championship match at Slammiversary
Result: Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham, Heath & Nick Aldis beat Moose, Mike Bailey, Rich Swann & PCO. Gresham pinned Swann. Which led to…
Part 2: Bully Ray vs. Jonathan Gresham, Nick Aldis & Heath in a 4-way
Result: Nick Aldis beat Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham & Heath in a 4-way by beating Heath. As a result, Aldis will face the Impact World Champion for the title at Slammiversary in July.
Match 6: Trinity & Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans
Result: Trinity & Deonna Purrazzo beat Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans. Purrazzo pinned Evans. Immediately afterwards, Shaw, Evans & Jai Vidal beat down Purrazzo and set her up for a loaded purse shot but Trinity made the save and cleaned house. The winners (and opponents at Slammiversary for the Impact Knockouts Championship) shook hands and embraced afterwards.
Match 7: The Design (Deaner, Angels, Kon) vs. oVe (Sami Callihan, Jake Crist, Madman Fulton) in an Ohio Street Fight (Anything Goes)
Result: oVe beat The Design. Callihan pinned Deaner after Cactus Driver 97 onto a barbed wire board.
Main Event: Impact World Champion Steve Maclin vs. Alex Shelley for the title. Slammiversary will be live only on PPV, FITE and DAZN. Impact+ and YouTube Ultimate Insiders can watch on demand with subscription at a later date (30+ day wait).
Official for Slammiversary on 7/15: Trinity-Purrazzo and Aldis vs. the main event winner for the Impact World Championship.
First announcement for Multiverse United 2 participation-Hiroshi Tanahashi from New Japan. Multiverse United 2 is 8/20 in Philadelphia, PA.
Main Event: Impact World Champion Steve Maclin vs. Alex Shelley for the title
Result: Alex Shelley beat Impact World Champion Steve Maclin to become THE NEW IMPACT WORLD CHAMPION! WOW! 20+ YEARS AND HIS TIME HAS FINALLY COME! That means Shelley will defend against Nick Aldis at Slammiversary. MCMG, now the X Division and Impact World Champions, stood tall to end the show.
Final thoughts: WOW, that main event! Outstanding and an incredible last few minutes to cap off another excellent live night of Impact. The worst matches were solid and the best matches were outstanding, the hardcore matches were brutal and fun and there were some surprises with the 8-4-1. I missed the pre-show matches for the most part but the main show again way overachieved, making that $5-10 price tag depending on how you watch an indescribable bargain. If you missed it, get it and watch it.
Overall show grade: A
End Show.
The next TV tapings including the fallout will be tomorrow.
Post-show is airing on YouTube and Impact+ now. Started with MCMG still in the ring for a post-event celebratory promo thanking the fans and putting Impact and themselves over. A few final thoughts from commentary wraps everything up.
